Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  Chia, Pow Li ^a   Subbiah, Rajesh N ^a,b   Kuchar, Dennis ^a   Walker, Bruce ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy; Sarcoidosis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BIOPSY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SOTALOL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84855824476     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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